Efficacy of Some New Insecticides against Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee

A field experiment was conducted at the experimental field site of All India co-ordinated Research project on vegetable crops, Orissa University of Agriculture Technology, Bhubaneswar in RBD with 7 treatments replicated 3 times during Kharif, 2016 and summer, 2017, to study the field efficacy of six sprayable insecticides viz., rynaxypyr 20% SC @ 33.33 ml a.i/ha, spinosad 45 % SC @ 75 g a.i./ha, emamectin benzoate 5%SG @ 10 g a.i/ha, flubendiamide 480 SC @ 78.70 g a.i. /ha, thiamethoxam 25%WG @ 41.66 g a.i/ha and cartap hydrochloride 50SP@ 375g a..i/ha against brinjal shoot and fruit borer. All the test insecticides proved their efficacy but flubendiamide 480 SC @ 78.70 g a.i. /ha, rynaxypyr 20% SC @ 33.33 ml a.i/ha and spinosad 45%SC @ 10ml a.i/ha proved highly effective against shoot and fruit borer.